Birthday Cake for Husband

My husbands birthday was February 2nd.  Every year I make him some sort of cake that has chocolate and peanut butter.  I use to make him a cheese cake for his birthday but in one of our old apartments our oven was so horrible that I could never get it right.  So I moved onto the chocolate and peanut butter.  This year I decided to add the cheese cake back into that list.

I made him a cheese cake filled chocolate cake with peanut butter cream cheese icing topped with chocolate shavings.    

This was my favorite chocolate cake recipe I have ever made.  Every year I try different recipes for his birthday.  This one called for a cup of fresh brewed coffee.  I don't like coffee or chocolate cake for that matter.  OH but this chocolate cake!  YUM!  I think it will be my staple chocolate cake for now on.  Or at least for a little while :)

Baby Girl Baptism Cookies

These cookies were made for a girlfriends little girls baptism.  

I'm finally getting better at filling the cookies.  Every time I decorate a sugar cookie I make the royal icing thinner.  Each time I think it's gotta be thin enough.  Each time it's not.  This time I finally got it right.  Sadly I did the bulk of the cookie before I did it right.  The white of the scalloped cookie is finally the right consistency.  Now I know to make the icing so thin that I think it will be too thin and it should be perfect.  

God bless little Avery and her family.  I hope they have a wonderful time on Sunday.